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3¹ The referee cautions GARNACHO for an off-the-ball incident against KONATÉ. 8¹ A tame shot from GUSTO rolled agonisingly wide. 9¹ A shot from HØJLUND seemed a certain goal but POPE managed to force the ball away. 19¹ A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. 26¹ GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to KOOPMEINERS who placed the ball into the net. (1-0 Southampton) 27¹ An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of POPE by HØJLUND. 30¹ The Colchester United 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from DOUGLAS LUIZ. 33¹ A accurate pass was collected by HØJLUND and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide. 34¹ The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from GABRIEL dropped just over. 35¹ MADUEKE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Southampton upright. 37¹ GOAL!! A strike from FABIÁN which the Colchester United 'keeper managed to block was deemed over the line and CLATTENBURG gave the goal. (2-0 Southampton) 3² A useful ball from KOOPMEINERS on the left found KVARATSKHELIA who mishit his shot just beyond the far post. 12² BITSHIABU cautioned for a high foul on FABIÁN. 18² KVARATSKHELIA brought the ball round LINDELÖF and flicked a tame shot well wide. 22² GOAL!! DYBALA flicked a penalty past the Colchester United 'keeper after CRESSWELL had handled just inside the area. (3-0 Southampton) 22² GOAL!! A wonderful shot from GARNACHO was pushed away by POPE only as far as HØJLUND who flicked the ball past the stranded POPE. (3-1 Southampton) 24² KVARATSKHELIA headed wide. 28² A mix up in the Southampton defence enabled HØJLUND to crack the ball wide. 33² The referee books CRESSWELL. 36² TRAPP was able to palm clear a poor header from DYBALA. 38² A bad challenge gets DYBALA a yellow card. 46² DYBALA made space on the left and pulled the ball to KVARATSKHELIA who clipped the ball wide.

Southampton   League position: 12 Home league form: LLWW Overall league form: LLXWWXWL Formation: 4-2-1-3

Line-ups Nick POPE 7½ 1 6½ Kevin TRAPP(c) Malo GUSTO 8  2 7  Neco WILLIAMS Myles LEWIS-SKELLY 6½ 3 6½ Aaron CRESSWELL FABIÁN Ruiz 7½ 4 7  Harvey BARNES GABRIEL dos Santos 7  5 7½ Victor LINDELÖF Ibrahima KONATÉ 7  6 6½ El Chadaille BITSHIABU Luis DÍAZ 7  7 6½ Alejandro GARNACHO DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares 5½ 8 6½ Noni MADUEKE (c,p)Paulo DYBALA 7  9 7  Rasmus HØJLUND(p) Teun KOOPMEINERS 7  10 5  Wissam BEN YEDDER(f) (f)Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA 6½ 11 6  Maximilian BEIER Ben Stevenson Manager Christopher NKUNKU    12    Antoni MILAMBO Matz SELS    13    Jack GRIEVES Lutsharel GEERTRUIDA 6½ 14    Adam WEBSTER Cody GAKPO    15    Saël KUMBEDI Santiago GIMÉNEZ    16    Lee BUCHANAN

Colchester United   League position: 14 Away league form: LWWL Overall league form: LLWLWLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Southampton 3 Colchester United 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 32,373, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 7½) Koopmeiners 26¹, Fabián 37¹, Dybala 22² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Højlund 22² Douglas LuizóGeertruida 10²       Dybala 38² Garnacho 3¹, Bitshiabu 12², Cresswell 33² 6 6 15 15 13 5 11 6 11 7 22 13 7 4 49% 51% ¶ Man of the match: Malo Gusto ¶